So Much Cooler Online music video

The thing that stood out to me the most about the music video “So Much Cooler Online” was the main character had a much higher self-esteem when he pretended to be someone else. He was ashamed of who he was in real life and felt better about himself when he was able to go into the fantasy world.

The main person was a pizza deliveryman during the in the real world but in the world that he created online he was far away from the actual circumstances. He saw himself living in Los Angeles and driving a fast car with lots of women around him who thought he was the greatest. Through the computer he was able to hide the embarrassing details of his life such as living at home with his parents and having to use an inhaler for asthma. When I watched the video, I noticed that he really hated his actual life. It started with him getting yelled at by the person ordering the pizza.

It was fun to be able to recognize some of the people in the music video. I was surprised that the other people played such a prominent role in the video. It was nice to see that more people than just the nerdy white guy thought that there were things about themselves they wanted to change. I found it refreshing that more people than I had expected were able to make themselves feel better by creating false identities.

As I am writing this post, I am reminded of an episode of the sitcom “Home Improvement” in which the middle son pretends to be someone else via email correspondence. Through the communication he pretends to be a dermatologist. The woman that he chats with wants to meet him one day when she is in the area for a convention. She shows up at the house and finds out that the son randy is only twelve years old. He had told her online that he was in his mid thirties. Unknown to him it was his parents that were contacting the woman he was chatting with to come to the house to help in a prank. Needless to say, he was fairly embarrassed when he found out his parents were setting him up. He thought that it was easy to fake the person into thinking he was someone else and he had fun with this until his parents found out.

It was unusual that the mother said “maybe I’ll just get some new friends… (because) he can sing.” It seems she is doing this because she is looking to find someone that satisfies in the areas that her husband falls short in. It is perplexing to me that we as a society are always looking for the next good thing. When someone or something doesn’t match our preconceived notions we sometimes look for outside sources to fill those gaps. This probably happens more than most people suspect because those people who it happens to may not think they have done anything wrong and wonder what could have caused the situation.